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A88229 The out-cryes of oppressed commons. Directed to all the rationall and understanding men in the kingdome of England, and dominion of Wales, (that have not resolved with themselves to be vassells and slaves, unto the lusts and wills of tyrants.) Fron Lieut. Col. John Lilburne, prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London, and Richard Overton, prerogative prisoner, in the infamous gaole of Newgate. Febr. 1647. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Overton, Richard, fl. 1646. 1647 (1647) Wing L2150; Thomason E378_13; ESTC R201382 26,058 20

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